i like the new lookin frog.. but im still wondering.. why are there no ducks? i mean how am i sposed to tell if somebody is a witch, without a duck to weigh them with?

Originally Posted by ablib

I do realize that this is an internet forum full of morons, however in real life, no one questions me, people look to me for the answer, look up to me, trust me. To have dipshits on a video game forum question me, is insulting.

People often underestimate the power of animations. Yes, old frog has like 4 polygons, but simple, yet well-done animations make it feel like frog. Even if it was just green square, you could instantly tell it's a frog when it jumps around... like a frog. Same thing goes to bunnies in WoW, if you look picture of them, they look like crumbled cardboard shooting target but when you see it scratch itself and washing it's TINY FURRY NOSE :333 even filthy casual can identify it as a bunny.

These subtle changes when added over time will make the game a lot nicer to look at. That old model is just terrible. I'm sure many people are looking forward to new character models. When watching some of the cut scenes in pandaria with the old orc model mixed with new ones it just looks weird..

Because an artist(s) can't have a side project to do in his/her/their own time to put in the game?

That frog couldn't have taken all that long to produce, it's still a tiny model. We're not talking about redoing a race here.

On the subject of Artist workloads, I wonder if they're already starting to work on simple models (plants, rocks, maybe some buildings) for next expansion....

"Oh, who does my hair? You might have heard of my stylist. It's called the Void!"
"No matter how much you plead I will not sprout tentacles or turn into a giant eyeball. Well, I might. But not because you asked!"

That frog couldn't have taken all that long to produce, it's still a tiny model. We're not talking about redoing a race here.

On the subject of Artist workloads, I wonder if they're already starting to work on simple models (plants, rocks, maybe some buildings) for next expansion....

I dare to say that not even the rigging team QA that, but a programming tech might have checked if the new mesh was acting properly with the old frog skeleton. That frog can be done in half-a-day, being the texture the most challenging part.

Being an opinion doesn't make something better, even over subjective examples. Too often do people hide behind unreasonable BS using the excuse that's it's an opinion they're entitled to, as if it makes them not unreasonable BS.

doesn't make it worse. doesn't make it complaining. too often people hide behind group consensus and fear from believing otherwise.

People often underestimate the power of animations. Yes, old frog has like 4 polygons, but simple, yet well-done animations make it feel like frog. Even if it was just green square, you could instantly tell it's a frog when it jumps around... like a frog. Same thing goes to bunnies in WoW, if you look picture of them, they look like crumbled cardboard shooting target but when you see it scratch itself and washing it's TINY FURRY NOSE :333 even filthy casual can identify it as a bunny.

No real point in pointing this out to people who don't get the whole impressionistic art style. You're supposed to look at it from a distance because it's kind of neat how your mind fills in the details. Some people are just too literal in their thinking maybe, or maybe a night with me could change their minds, with high heels and a pink bow in my beard.

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Originally Posted by Raybourne

doesn't make it worse. doesn't make it complaining. too often people hide behind group consensus and fear from believing otherwise.

Plenty of it is complaining, straight up unreasonable whining that is presented as fact. All the post said you responded to was people will complain. For all you know they were talking about the obvious bitching this community is notorious for. You want to defend that kind of whining? You already seem to be, so I'll just leave you to that. As if this community has a problem with too many people praising Blizzard, lol.